AQB 26-57 (P): Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC's Air Quality Permit Application

Comment From: Sara Padilla

7/21/26 @ 6:41 PM

AI data centers use too much water and energy and create too much pollution. I believe that they should not be built anywhere, but most especially in a desert, especially in a time of drought.

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Comment From: abraham brown

7/20/26 @ 3:20 PM

I stand firmly against any AI data centers in the State of New Mexico. The benefits of AI data centers are far outweighed by the cost of our water resources for operating them. Don't trade water for data.

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Comment From: Greta Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 6:01 PM

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The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping ...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:56 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazar...↓

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Comment From: Madeline Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:55 PM

Stop food waste!!!

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Comment From: Saltanat Aiyp

7/17/26 @ 5:54 PM

There is no planet B!

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Comment From: N/A N/A

7/17/26 @ 5:52 PM

This is more greenhouse gas pollution than New Mexico's three largest cities combined Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:51 PM

I hate seeing how these projects destroy my beautiful planet just for some money that after everything they're doing will value nothing. I don't live near this is happening, but i don't need to live near to see the hell this project is causing and wi...↓

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Comment From: Camilia Mestoui

7/17/26 @ 5:48 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance.
We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the st atistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence.
Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:46 PM

WE DONT NEED AI TO LIVE. STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS

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Comment From: Davianca Guerrero

7/17/26 @ 5:45 PM

I care about the environment, and the future earth my future kids will have to live on ! I urge you to make a change!!!

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Comment From: asser khidr

7/17/26 @ 5:44 PM

I am a resident of cairo and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and sec...↓ure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities.
The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up.
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Anna Harvey

7/17/26 @ 5:42 PM

I am a resident of Ohio and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secu...↓re future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities.
The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up.
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:41 PM

Please stop, I am a young generation myself and instead of worrying about dying of old age, I am worrying about dying cause of climate change. This world is slowly dying and capitalism is making it worse. I am scared and beyond terrified about my fut...↓

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Comment From: Ayesha Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:39 PM

Out of all planets, universes and galaxies, Our planet is the only livable one. We're the only planet with safe waters and trees. And those data centers are warming our planet, and affecting our planet and it's ecosystems! I want a ban on Ai data cen...↓

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Comment From: Raya Cabriga

7/17/26 @ 5:38 PM

I care very deeply for the present and future of generations. After all, I am part of a generation in which we are the first to experience the negative effects of the air quality declining and the last generation to do something about it. I greatly o...↓

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Comment From: natalie hartz

7/17/26 @ 5:37 PM

We have no planet B. for so so so many years we have survived without generative AI, thriving off what the earth has to bring us, the NECESSITIES that we CANNOT survive without. Not only by building these data centers are we releasing unbelievable am...↓

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Comment From: tamera harper

7/17/26 @ 5:35 PM

I don't think Project Jupiter should happen. We're already dealing with climate change and considering AI and ChatGPT uses hundreds and hundreds of water while the Rio Grande is drying up it's just going to make it worse. We need more birds, animals ...↓

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Comment From: Cade Rodriguez

7/17/26 @ 5:33 PM

Didn't realize it was this bad, I had talked to one of the people that were advertising it on the streets before I knew what it was abt and I didn't realize it was an ai center

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Comment From: Asiya Akbar

7/17/26 @ 5:33 PM

NO ONE WANTS PROJECT JUPITER, WE DONT HAVE ANY WATER AND YOU GUYS WANT MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER? ABSOLUTELY NOT STOP ALL PLANNING AND COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THE PROJECT BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT, THE AIR IS BAD AS IT IS AND WE DONT NEED TO MAKE IT WO...↓

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Comment From: Stephany Garcia Marquez

7/17/26 @ 5:31 PM

Please, reconsider. For our youth and the future youth.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:30 PM

I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is un...↓der threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities.
The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up.
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Julian Baros

7/17/26 @ 5:26 PM

The water in New Mexico is not just water it is a way of life in New Mexico. New Mexico's water is a life line for the state and Project Jupiter is going to pollute and destroy it. Project Jupiter is the worst thing for New Mexico we need less data c...↓

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Comment From: Jessica Rodriguez

7/17/26 @ 5:24 PM

Out state is a desert and in recent years we've been in a drought. Not only that we've been growing in popularity gaining more residents. Our rivers are dry and this year 2026 we've had at least 3 fires in my area . It dry and they can't be contained...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:21 PM

Our river is dry. New Mexico will have no water left. Our crops are dying. Our animals need water. Say no to project Jupiter.

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Comment From: Marissa Sanchez

7/17/26 @ 5:20 PM

I live in Santa Teresa and I'd like to continue living here without having to worry about experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale affecting my future and quality of life.

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Comment From: Kailyn Rodriguez

7/17/26 @ 5:19 PM

I live in New Mexico and have my entire life. I do not support the use of the land here for an AI data center as it is in the middle of the desert which is already hot, and adding the usage of AI down there, it will only get hotter. I'm moving down t...↓o Doña Ana county for college in Las Cruces and having the deal with the heat already is Not easy and this will only make it worse.
The Heat caused will make it unbearable for people to live and make living conditions miserable and unacceptable. Our atmosphere will suffer due to this. I've had experiences with heat exposure due to living in Albuquerque and having visited Las Cruces, near where the center is being built, will only make it more difficult for me to live there as regulating my body temperature is harder for some. This is environmental racism sponsored by the government. Everyone around this area will be exposed to harm one way or another. the water being used to cool down the systems is also a problem.
The air pollution caused will make living harder for the entire world. We need the ozone layer to stay alive and not die from space? This is destroying the planet. The fact this plan is the largest one built yet and is in the middle of the desert in a Relatively poor area is a big problem. There are cancer-causing chemicals being used, such as benzene, lead, arsenic, and chromium which poison the body, and Earth.
The water used takes it away from people who actually need it and would benefit from it. I do marching band, and am going to do it in college down there. If water turns bad (which has happened to other towns with data centers) Makes conditions unbearable and has people left with unclean water, unable to access anything else if left with that. It is completely unsafe to do a AI project down here as most people (including myself) have financial issues and cannot afford basic necessities. Having the most basic need taken from generative AI is humiliating to say the least. How can this be done?

The Rio Grande River is currently dry due to the heat wave going on right now and adding more heat due to the way the systems work is disgusting and a power trip. Public Hearings must be held, especially in the areas where it is occurring, for the people to get the best representation for their town with time to adjust and review the air quality permit.

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Comment From: Otha Jane Chandler

7/17/26 @ 5:17 PM

This is too water intensive and I have not heard that they are going to a closed loop which is possible but costs more. Power requirements will go up. The offset of construction jobs and possible future operational jobs is not a long term solution fo...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:16 PM

I am from Canada, and while this data centre is not built in my country, it's negative effects will be felt throughout the world. I am firmly against the continuation of Project Jupiter. The consequences of prioritizing monetary gain has blinded peop...↓

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Comment From: Abigail Han

7/17/26 @ 5:15 PM

I am a resident of ABQ and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secur...↓e future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities.
The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up.
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.

My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Kali Anderson

7/17/26 @ 5:13 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Kali Anderson. I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Environment Dep...↓

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Comment From: Lindsay Stribling

7/17/26 @ 5:12 PM

I object to Project Jupiter being allowed to move forward as is. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit application shoul...↓

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Comment From: Aleah lasater

7/17/26 @ 5:10 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Aleah Lasater. I live in Edgewood New Mexico, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Environment Departm...↓

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Comment From: Lenore Bayoneto

7/17/26 @ 5:09 PM

Allowing Project Jupiter to go forward will be incredibly detrimental to the citizens of New Mexico in a multitude of ways, including worsening air quality, noise pollution, water waste, and driving up energy costs for residents. Their permit should ...↓

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Comment From: Aspen Desilets

7/17/26 @ 5:08 PM

AI sucks and we live in a desert :/ it's a no-brainer

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Comment From: James Alford

7/17/26 @ 5:07 PM

I am a business owner with serious concerns about the impacts of this project and would like the comment period to be extended. I am also concerned with the lack of transparency and accountability on behalf of the construction company and the State.

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Comment From: Shania Johnson

7/17/26 @ 5:06 PM

NO DATA CENTER!!! If u want one so what china is doing and make them in the ocean. So we don't have to deal with constant noise and the heat it will give off. It is hot as it is here NM.

No A.I. We all know they will use our water resource. Waste wa...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 5:05 PM

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Comment From: Prettyhorse Begay

7/17/26 @ 5:04 PM

We are in a water crisis. This will ruin our community, and slowly kill the planet. We do NOT need this

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Comment From: Liahona Begay

7/17/26 @ 5:03 PM

We are running out of water. The world is dying, and this is not helping. We do not need AI, it's bad for the planet.

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Comment From: S dixmarie deLaneuville

7/17/26 @ 5:01 PM

Current scientific projections state we will enter a full global water bankruptcy by 2039. Not a shortage. Not a deficit. Bankruptcy. Select healthy humans can maybe last five days without water. Most will die within two. In 2039, I will be...should ...↓be..almost 73..an age I consider to be on the young side of old and still relevant to my community. How old will you be in 2039? Your children? Your grandchildren? Your parents?Moving ahead with Project Jupiter demonstrates a lack of imagination, empathy, and humanity - at a minimum. I cannot, and will not, sugarcoat this to seem more presentable and palatable to you. Even considering it speaks loud volumes about your character. And that breaks my heart -because I want to see you and yours thrive alongside me and mine. I do not want to view you as a modern day Robber Barron come to steal all the water because you believe what obscenely rich and powerful people tell you. I believe, at heart, you are better and smarter than that. I guarantee most (all?) of you voting on this are a lot closer to financial ruin than you are to being a millionaire. Why align yourselves with people who do not consider you beyond how they can manipulate you into manipulating the rest of us? Is what you think you will gain, between now and the very last drop of water, worth the trade off? You cannot drink your bank balance or stock portfolio. You cannot water the seeds that grow the food that feeds your community with promises and financial incentives. Without water, there will be no more children. Or grandchildren. Or parents. It is all connected. We are all connected. Ask yourselves what you are connecting the people of New Mexico to by embracing literal life ending technologies? It's not hyperbole to insist you take a beat aka 60 days to think carefully and critically about your answers. Who at OpenAI + Bloom Energy cares if anyone in your family makes it to 2039? We already know they care little about anyone in Doña Ana County. Why join them?

The material conditions for nearby residents are already tenuous. Most are already navigating multiple social determinates of health and structural starvation. Meaning we, as a society, have already taken more from vulnerable humans than we are willing to give. Not only should this project not exist, it should not exist in intentionally exploited communities. There is no both/and. There is no nuance. Permit or no permit, nothing impacting this community should advance without direct input from this community. Public hearings - in English, Spanish, ASL/CART, in person, and virtual must be held- publicized well in advance and often. Model the moral courage all ethical decisions require. Environmental racism, the further extraction of resources on violently stolen land, the influencer to billionaire profiteering, and the literal death sentences are all connected to...you guessed it...a rise in authoritarianism. I said what I said and I will keep saying it. Because you are grown enough to hear it and smart enough to end the grift. Give the residents of Doña Ana County and the people of New Mexico something to truly thank you for. Project Jupiter isn't it.

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Comment From: Tyler Montgomery

7/17/26 @ 4:59 PM

Data center in New Mexico undermines the significance of the land to indigenous tribes, undermines the people living in NM by taking water we don't have, using more energy than we have, polluting the air, raising the temperature of the desert air, an...↓

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Comment From: Carlan Tapp

7/17/26 @ 2:27 PM

As many New Mexico families understand all too well, one of the most common health conditions
caused or exacerbated by air pollution is asthma. The percent increase in asthma prevalence in New
Mexico from 2015 to 2025 is approximately 24.1%. Childhoo...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/17/26 @ 1:11 PM

I plan to have a life here in Las Cruces, NM. It is a beautiful town with beautiful people. I value these people and their hard work. I also value their opinions. One would think to listen to the opinions of those that live here rather than those tha...↓

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